S N A P E ' S G R U D G E "You look like a Weasley!"
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AURORA WOKE UP TO screaming from below in the common.
"What was that?" Lavender asked as everyone startled awake.
"Someone screaming," Aurora said, quickly getting up and grabbing her wand. She looked at Llewelyn who looked confused about the situation. She gave him a pat on his head and raced out of her dormitory and down to the common room.
"Everyone back upstairs!" Aurora heard Percy say to everyone, hurrying into the common room and pinning his Head Boy badge to his pyjamas as he spoke.
"Perce – Sirius Black!" Ron said faintly. "In our dormitory! With a knife! Woke me up!"
The common room went very still. Ron looked over at the top of the staircase where Aurora was standing. Some turned their heads as well and whispers broke out.
"She probably let him in."
"They haven't been talking for a while. Ron and Aurora. She probably told her dad to try and kill him."
"Shut up or she'll get her dad on you!"
Aurora ignored everyone's whispers and walked down the stairs. She was shocked. Her father was this close to her. Way too close. She made her way to Ron, forgetting about everything they fought about and hugged him. She believed him when he said Sirius Black was in his room. After all, there hasn't been much news on him lately. He was probably waiting for an event like this to come and try and kill them. He could've been killed. Aurora thought as she hugged him. And the last thing we would've done together was fight.
"Nonsense!" Percy said, looking startled. "You had too much to eat, Ron – had a nightmare –"
"I'm telling you –" Ron tried saying as Aurora let go of the hug.
"Now, really, enough's enough!" Professor McGonagall said coming into the common room. She slammed the portrait behind her as she entered the common room and stared furiously around. "I am delighted that Gryffindor won the match, but this is getting ridiculous! Percy, I expected better of you!"
"I certainly didn't authorise this, Professor!" Percy said, puffing himself up indignantly. "I was just telling them all to get back to bed! My brother Ron here had a nightmare –"
"IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE!" Ron yelled. "PROFESSOR, I WOKE UP, AND SIRIUS BLACK WAS STANDING OVER ME, HOLDING A KNIFE!"
Professor McGonagall stared at him. "Don't be ridiculous, Weasley, how could he possibly have got through the portrait hole?"
"Ask him!" Ron said, pointing a shaking finger at the back of Sir Cadogan's picture. "Ask him if he saw –" Glaring suspiciously at Ron, Professor McGonagall pushed the portrait back open and went outside. The whole common room listened with bated breath.
